[DMANET] CFP: FCT 2027 – 26th International Symposium on Fundamentals of Computation Theory, September 22–24, Craiova, Romania

FCT 2027 - CALL FOR PAPERS 26th International Symposium on Fundamentals of Computation Theory September 22-24, 2027 Craiova, Romania Website: https://dcti.ucv.ro/fct2027/ ============================================================ IMPORTANT DATES ============================================================ Paper submission deadline: April 23, 2027 Author notification: June 30, 2027 Camera-ready deadline: July 14, 2027 Conference: September 22-24, 2027 ============================================================ ABOUT FCT ============================================================ The International Symposium on Fundamentals of Computation Theory (FCT), established in 1977, is a biennial conference covering all areas of theoretical computer science. FCT 2027 invites original research papers presenting significant contributions to the foundations of computation. Topics include, but are not limited to: - Algorithms and Data Structures - Approximation and Parameterized Algorithms - Computational Complexity - Combinatorics and Graph Theory - Combinatorial Optimization - Automata and Formal Languages - Logic, Computability and Formal Methods - Computational Geometry and Computational Biology - String Algorithms and Combinatorics on Words - Randomized, Online and Distributed Algorithms - Algorithmic Game Theory and Computational Social Choice - Foundations of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning - Quantum Computing - Constraint Satisfaction Problems - Network Algorithms Contributions on related topics in theoretical computer science are welcome. ============================================================ SUBMISSION AND PROCEEDINGS ============================================================ Papers must be submitted electronically through Springer Nature's METEOR system: https://meteor.springer.com/FCT2027 Submissions must use the Springer LNCS format and must not exceed 12 pages, including references. Additional material may be included in a clearly marked appendix, which does not count towards the page limit. Papers must contain original, unpublished research and must not be simultaneously submitted elsewhere. Preprints on arXiv and similar repositories are permitted. FCT 2027 uses single-blind reviewing. Submissions co-authored by Program Committee members are allowed. Authors may use AI tools in accordance with Springer Nature's policies, provided their use is disclosed where required. Authors remain responsible for all scientific content, including proofs, algorithms and references. Accepted papers will be published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series, ARCoSS subseries. At least one author of each accepted paper must register and present the paper at the conference. Full submission guidelines: https://dcti.ucv.ro/fct2027/submission.html ============================================================ BEST PAPER AWARDS ============================================================ - Best Paper Award - Best Student Paper Award For the Best Student Paper Award, all authors must be students at the time of submission. ============================================================ SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM ============================================================ INVITED SPEAKERS ------------------------------------------------------------ Péter Biró - Corvinus University of Budapest / HUN-REN Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Hungary Pantelimon George Popescu - National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, Romania Prudence W. H. Wong - University of Liverpool, United Kingdom Alexander Wolff - University of Würzburg, Germany ============================================================ CONFERENCE COMMITTEES ============================================================ PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS ------------------------------------------------------------ Adrian Dumitrescu - Algoresearch L.L.C.; Research Institute of the University of Bucharest; Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics Costin Bădică - University of Craiova, Romania Alexandru Popa - University of Bucharest; National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics, Romania PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS ------------------------------------------------------------ Bogdan Aman - Romanian Academy / Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Romania Cristina Bazgan - Université Paris-Dauphine, France Ioana Bercea - KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Guillaume Blin - University of Bordeaux, France Gruia Călinescu - Research Institute of the University of Bucharest (ICUB), Romania Arnaud Casteigts - University of Geneva, Switzerland Ke Chen - Pennsylvania State University, USA Camelia Chira - Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania Gabriel Ciobanu - Institute of Computer Science, Romanian Academy, Iași, Romania Riccardo Dondi - University of Bergamo, Italy Khaled Elbassioni - Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates Thomas Erlebach - Durham University, United Kingdom Guillaume Fertin - Nantes Université, France Fedor Fomin - University of Bergen, Norway Leszek Gąsieniec - University of Liverpool, United Kingdom Anirban Ghosh - University of North Florida, USA Elena Grigorescu - University of Waterloo, Canada Manoj Gupta - Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, India Pinar Heggernes - University of Bergen, Norway Bart M. P. Jansen - Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands Jesper Jansson - Kyoto University, Japan Artur Jeż - University of Wrocław, Poland Mamadou Moustapha Kanté - Université Clermont Auvergne, France Ralf Klasing - CNRS / LaBRI, University of Bordeaux, France Christian Komusiewicz - Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany László Kozma - TU Dresden, Germany Michael Lampis - Université Paris-Dauphine, France Vincent Limouzy - Université Clermont Auvergne, France Mircea Marin - West University of Timișoara, Romania George B. Mertzios - Durham University, United Kingdom Othon Michail - University of Patras, Greece Victor Mitrana - University of Bucharest, Romania Nils Morawietz - Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany Lucia Moura - University of Ottawa, Canada Tamio-Vesa Nakajima - Philipps University of Marburg, Germany Yoshio Okamoto - University of Electro-Communications, Japan Sebastian Ordyniak - University of Leeds, United Kingdom Valentin Polishchuk - Linköping University, Sweden Blerina Sinaimeri - LUISS Guido Carli University, Italy Karamjeet Singh - University of Windsor, Canada Adrian Vladu - Georgetown University, USA Michał Włodarczyk - University of Warsaw, Poland Binhai Zhu - Montana State University, USA Paweł Żyliński - University of Gdańsk, Poland STEERING COMMITTEE ------------------------------------------------------------ Bogdan Chlebus - Augusta University, USA Marek Karpiński (Chair) - University of Bonn, Germany Andrzej Lingas - Lund University, Sweden Miklos Santha - CNRS and University Paris Diderot, France Eli Upfal - Brown University, USA ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ------------------------------------------------------------ Department of Computers and Information Technology, University of Craiova, Romania. Alexandru Becheru, Amelia Bădică, Nicolae Enescu, Daniela Dănciulescu, Eugen Ganea, Sorin Ilie, Elena Ruxandra Luțan, Marius Marian, Cristian Mihăescu, Ionuț Murarețu, Elvira Popescu, Stefan Paul Popescu, Alexandra Vultureanu-Albiși, Gabriel Nedianu. ============================================================ FURTHER INFORMATION ============================================================ Conference website: https://dcti.ucv.ro/fct2027/ Submission system: https://meteor.springer.com/FCT2027 Submission guidelines: https://dcti.ucv.ro/fct2027/submission.html We look forward to welcoming you to FCT 2027 in Craiova, Romania! ********************************************************** * * Contributions to be spread via DMANET are submitted to * * DMANET@zpr.uni-koeln.de * * Replies to a message carried on DMANET should NOT be * addressed to DMANET but to the original sender. 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